About Me

I was born in Madison, WI and grew up in the Columbus, OH area.  I went back to Madison for college and am a fiercely proud alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  After graduate school at the University of Virginia (where I was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture), I served as a lecturer at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville for three years before landing a gig at Wake Forest where I currently work as a Teaching Professor of Philosophy.  

My teaching and research center on ethics and political philosophy (broadly construed).  I regularly teach lower division classes in applied ethics and offer courses for advanced undergraduates in the core areas of value theory.  Over the past few years, I have developed interests in the role that hope can play in a flourishing human life as well as the philosophy of sport, and I am privileged to be part of Wake Forest's newly formed Disability Studies Initiative. 

Family life keeps me (happily) busy outside of work.  In what spare time I have, I read a lot and watch a fair bit of sports.  (My allegiances: Wisconsin Badgers, Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, Columbus Crew, and Tottenham Hotspur.)  I've started to take running more seriously in the past year or so and completed my first half marathon in February of 2025. If my body holds up, I'm planning to complete the full 26.2 in February of 2026.